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610 CKTB | Major Fred Tilston, VC – The Pharmacist Who Refused to Fail
Major Fred Tilston, VC – The Pharmacist Who Refused to Fail. The Windsor-born pharmacist earned the Victoria Cross during the brutal 1945 battle for the Rhine. Despite being severely wounded twice in the Hochwald Forest, Tilston refused evacuation, leading three impossible charges that broke the German line. He kept fighting until he collapsed, losing both…